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☆ AI may not replace you, but someone who uses it can — here's the No.1 skill you need to stay relevant
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Ernestine Siu | In Ernestinesiu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

55% of leaders say they're concered about having enough talent to fill roles in the year ahead as AI skills become more relevant than ever before, new study finds. 71% [of leaders] say they'd rather hire a less experienced candidate with AI skills than a more experienced candidate without them. As a result, employees around the world are taking matters into their own hands, learning to use AI tools on their own. "You should not be using your company data or any of your own personal data [when using free online AI tools]." Part of upskilling on AI tools is learning how to do so safely and effectively.

Persons: Laurence Liew, they'd, ChatGPT, Liew, Microsoft's Organizations: AI Singapore, Microsoft, Singapore Locations: Singapore

"We're like the engine room of the company," Hassabis told CNBC, speaking about his newly integrated AI unit within Google. Last month, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai merged Hassabis' DeepMind with Google Brain, a separate AI team, and selected Hassabis to lead the group. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis at a 2017 event in China. During his career at DeepMind and then at Google, Hassabis dominated the field of AI. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (R) speaks as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (L) looks on during the OpenAI DevDay event in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2023.

Persons: He's, Hassabis, Sundar Pichai, It's, Demis Hassabis, Geoffrey Hinton, Hinton, DeepMind, Elon Musk, OpenAI, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, Critics, they've, ChatGPT, AlphaFold, Eli Lilly Organizations: Google, CNBC, Microsoft, Elixir Studios, Hassabis, Washington Post, Employees, Novartis, TED Locations: China, DeepMind, San Francisco, ChatGPT, LLMs

☆ An Nvidia partner and more: Morgan Stanley names tech stocks set for a boost from Arm-based PC chips
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The bank therefore expects Arm-based AI PCs to "start a transformation that will affect the global semis industry." Morgan Stanley added it believes that Apple may expand its Arm-based CPU to AI servers as well. The bank estimates that AI PCs will reach a penetration rate of 95% by 2027 — up from 8% in 2024. Stocks What stocks will benefit from Arm's foray into AI PCs? As for TSMC, Morgan Stanley says its foundry market share with the "x86" CPU market will grow.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, That's, TSMC, MediaTek, bode, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Apple, Nvidia Locations: British, Taiwan

☆ Microsoft is having its iPhone moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft is on the verge of a major turning point with Copilot, analysts said. Analysts from investment bank Wedbush Securities said in a note on Friday that they believe the tech giant is having its "iPhone moment" in AI. Related storiesFor Microsoft, Copilot might be the driver. AI is on track to change the tech industry forever, and they predict it will continue to push Microsoft cloud products like Azure forward. Microsoft Cloud generated $35.1 billion in revenue in the first quarter — up 23% year-over-year — and Nadella said investing in Copilot is part of the reason.

Persons: —, they've, Satya Nadella, Dan Ives, Nadella Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Wedbush Securities, Apple, Nadella Locations: Copilot

☆ Workers are secretly using AI on important tasks over fears it makes them look replaceable, new Microsoft and LinkedIn research finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It found that although 75% of workers are using AI in the workplace, over half of respondents don't want to admit that they're using it for their most important tasks. This is because 53% of those who are using AI at work on their most important tasks are worried that it makes them look replaceable. Additionally, nearly half of professionals are concerned that AI will replace their jobs and are considering quitting their current postings in the year ahead. Colette Stallbaumer, general manager of Microsoft Copilot and co-founder of Microsoft WorkLab, told CNBC Make It that workers need to get over their fears and start embracing AI. "The more you can as an employee lean in and learn, the better off you're going to be," Stallbaumer said.

Persons: Colette Stallbaumer, Stallbaumer Organizations: Microsoft, LinkedIn, CNBC Locations: Brooklyn, New York, U.S, Germany, France, India, Singapore, Australia, Brazil

☆ Founder of Google DeepMind who was poached explains his first month at Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mustafa Suleyman, a founder of Google's DeepMind AI lab, has worked for Microsoft for about a month. Microsoft, Suleyman said, is "a truly AI-first business." Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementMustafa Suleyman, who co-founded Google's DeepMind AI lab and was the chief executive of the startup Inflection AI before Microsoft lured him away in March, is excited about his new gig. 5/5 At Microsoft AI we are up for this.

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☆ Microsoft's in-house AI model, reportedly called MAI-1, is a chance for CEO Satya Nadella to prove he doesn't need OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft is building its own AI model dubbed MAI-1, The Information reported. It's a sign Microsoft is ready to depend less on the ChatGPT maker as the AI wars heat up. AdvertisementMicrosoft is reportedly working on its own AI model separately from OpenAI — a chance for CEO Satya Nadella to prove his company doesn't need the ChatGPT maker to get ahead in the AI wars. Microsoft is working on building an in-house large language model model it calls MAI-1, The Information reported earlier this week. That's on top of the smaller, less advanced models Microsoft is developing for smartphone apps, reflecting the tech titan's multi-pronged approach to developing advanced AI.

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☆ A retired Microsoft exec and his wife fell in love with RVing during the pandemic. Now he's using AI to help you plan your next road trip.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Scott Lengel, a former Microsoft CTO, launched an AI-powered RV road trip planner, AdventureGenie. A couple of years later, in May 2023, Lengel launched AdventureGenie — an AI-powered RV trip planner. The biggest thing AI brings to AdventureGenie's trip planning is the customization, Lengel said. Instead of looking up a generic road trip planner that is the first hit served to everyone on Google, AdventureGenie can create itineraries that are unique to you. Lengel said new AdventureGenie users often say it saves them so much time planning their trip just by filling in their route.

Persons: Scott Lengel, —, Lisa, Lengel, they'd, AdventureGenie, It's, you've, you'd Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Marriott, Business, Nashville, Google, BI Locations: Cambodia, Vietnam, India, —, South Carolina, Yellowstone, Florida

☆ Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are doubling down on AI for the cloud — and it seems to be paying off
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Over the last two weeks, major cloud providers Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet have reported quarterly earnings that exceeded Wall Street's expectations. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet's shares also climbed after earnings were reported, evidence that doubling down on their AI strategies seems to be paying off. Davidson Companies analyst Gil Luria told Business Insider regarding Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet. Microsoft Cloud generated $35.1 billion in revenue — up 23% year-over-year — that CEO Satya Nadella credits partly to investments into AI tools like Microsoft Copilot. Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet didn't immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider before publication.

Persons: —, D.A, Gil Luria, Claude, Andy Jassy, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Ruth Porat, OpenAI's ChatGPT, Luria, doesn't, Jassy, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Davidson Companies, Amazon, Web Services, Google Cloud, Google, Gemini, Research, Capital Locations: Indonesia

☆ 8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Eight daily newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, accusing the tech companies of illegally using news articles to power their A.I. All are owned by MediaNews Group or Tribune Publishing, subsidiaries of Alden, the country’s second-largest newspaper operator. In the complaint, the publications accuse OpenAI and Microsoft of using millions of copyrighted articles without permission to train and feed their generative A.I. products, including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. This, it said, reduced the need for readers to pay subscriptions to support local newspapers and deprived the publishers of revenue both from subscriptions and from licensing their content elsewhere.

Persons: OpenAI, Paul, Paul Pioneer Press — Organizations: Alden Global Capital, Microsoft, New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel, The Sun Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, The Denver Post, Orange County Register, Paul Pioneer Press, U.S . Southern, of, MediaNews Group, Tribune Publishing Locations: Florida, Orange, U.S, of New York, Alden

☆ Eight newspaper publishers sue Microsoft and OpenAI over copyright infringement
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Eight U.S. newspaper publishers filed suit against Microsoft and OpenAI in a New York federal court on Tuesday, claiming the technology companies reuse their articles without permission in generative artificial intelligence products and incorrectly attribute inaccurate information to them. The group of eight newspaper publishers takes issue with ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot assistant — available in the Windows operating system, the Bing search engine, and other products the software maker produces. The legal challenge comes four months after The New York Times sued OpenAI over copyright infringement in the ChatGPT chatbot that the startup released in late 2022. The New York Times case also touched on the matter of OpenAI models regurgitating information from its articles. Correction: This article has been updated to reflect the correct day the lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI was filed.

Persons: Sam Altman, Microsoft's, OpenAI, Axel Springer Organizations: Economic, U.S, Microsoft, Bing, Southern, of, New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, The Mercury, The Denver Post, Orange County Register, Pioneer Press of Minnesota, CNBC, New York Times, OpenAI's, Financial, Google Locations: Davos, Switzerland, New York, U.S, of New York, Florida, California, Orange

☆ How one nonprofit is turning to AI to help boost women's financial literacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

One women-focused nonprofit has launched a new way to help them get faster answers to their queries through the use of an online AI chatbot. The organization, Savvy Ladies, was founded more than 20 years ago by Stacy Francis, a certified financial planner and president and CEO of Francis Financial in New York City. After seeing her grandmother stay in an abusive situation because she lacked financial resources, Francis created the nonprofit with the goal of helping other women avoid similar situations. watch nowThe new chatbot — provided through Microsoft Copilot — allows visitors to the Savvy Ladies website to type in their financial questions and receive immediate answers curated from the website's content written by CFPs and other financial professionals. Investors are more likely to trust advice from generative AI tools than from social media, according to a survey released last year from the CFP Board, a professional organization representing professional financial planners.

Persons: Stacy Francis, Francis, CFPs, Judy Herbst, Michael Roberts, William H, Lawrence, Roberts Organizations: Francis Financial, Microsoft, CNBC's FA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, CFP Locations: New York City, CNBC's

☆ Bill Gates Is Still Pulling Strings at Microsoft, Overseeing AI Ideas
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

In fact, Business Insider has learned, Gates has been quietly orchestrating much of Microsoft's AI revolution from behind the scenes. The company, Nadella promised, would "continue to benefit from Bill's ongoing technical passion and advice to drive our products and services forward." According to two executives, Gates' memo treated as gospel, sparking Microsoft's push to take the lead in the AI arms race. Now, it seemed, OpenAI might offer Microsoft a way to help forge the AI future that Gates had long envisioned. According to two executives, Gates' words were treated as gospel, helping spark Microsoft's push to take the lead in the AI arms race.

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☆ AI tools from Microsoft and Google are just streamlining middle management, leading AI expert says: WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini have been advertised as AI-powered productivity tools. But Ethan Mollick, a leading AI expert, has a more cynical view of the products. Copilot automates middle management while Gemini makes surveillance easier, he told WSJ. AdvertisementMicrosoft and Google rolled out their own AI-powered productivity tools last year, touting them as products that could revolutionize how people work. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Ethan Mollick, —, JP Morgan Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Gemini, Service, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, White, Business

☆ Microsoft and Alphabet just proved AI boom has room to run
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft and Alphabet reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations. On Thursday, just off the heels of Meta's mixed first-quarter results that caused a dip on Wall Street, Microsoft and Alphabet just proved that there's money to be made off of artificial intelligence. However, the executive also made sure to highlight the contributions of Google Cloud, which now comes with generative AI services through Google's AI model, Gemini. Investors appeared pleased with Microsoft's and Alphabet's quarterly performance, which gave the companies a stock surge, as Wall Street continues to nurse a hangover from Meta's first-quarter report. "They have a goldmine of AI engineers and data, and now they're starting to monetize it," Ives said of Alphabet and Microsoft.

Persons: Wedbush's Dan Ives, —, Meta's, Sundar Pichai, Mercedes, Pichai, Ruth Porat, Satya Nadella's, Nadella, Microsoft's, Dan Ives, Ives Organizations: Microsoft, CNBC, Service, Google, Bayer, Cintas, Mercedes Benz, Walmart

☆ Microsoft has to show evidence that Copilot is a money maker, says Harvest Portfolio's Paul Meeks
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMicrosoft has to show evidence that Copilot is a money maker, says Harvest Portfolio's Paul MeeksPaul Meeks, Harvest Portfolio Management co-CIO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Alphabet and Microsoft's quarterly earnings results, whether tech investors should be wary of the macro environment, impact of AI, and more.

Persons: Paul Meeks Paul Meeks Organizations: Microsoft, Management

☆ Microsoft earnings are coming up. Here’s what traders are looking for in the report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Investors will be looking to see if Microsoft's report can restart the rally, but the bar for success might be high. The AI narrative Microsoft is viewed as one of the companies best-positioned to take advantage of recent advances in artificial intelligence. Another area is Copilot , the AI tool that Microsoft is packaging with its Office suite of software products. "That said, we expect AI contribution to Azure growth to increase w/ our checks pointing to strong demand for Azure AI services & elevated workloads as more models go into production. Wall Street is overwhelmingly positive on the stock, with more than 90% of the analysts covering Microsoft giving it a rating of "buy" or "strong buy," according to LSEG.

Persons: Jefferies, Brent Thill, MSFT's, LSEG, Brad Reback, Reback, MSFT, Guggenheim, John DiFucci, DiFucci, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Microsoft, Investors, Wall Street Locations: MSFT, F4Q

☆ Billionaire 'bond king' Bill Gross tells investors to avoid tech and stick to value stocks
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Yuheng Zhan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Billionaire "bond king" Bill Gross told investors to avoid tech stocks and stick to value stocks. Microsoft is the only buy if investors must dabble in the tech sector, he said. In a post on X, the "bond king" said, "Stick to value stocks, avoid tech for now." Bond yields jumped on the data, and the tech sector dropped, with the Nasdaq Composite down more than 1% Thursday afternoon. The stock sold off sharply, down by over 10% late Thursday, helping to drag the tech sector lower.

Persons: Bill Gross, Gross, —, Tesla Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Nasdaq, Western Midstream Partners, Meta

☆ Microsoft shares jump 4% after the big AI winner delivers in all the right places
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

However, momentum from AI services will keep Azure growth stabilized at these high levels, outperforming the market's expectations. AI services continue to be a large source of revenue growth, contributing seven percentage points of growth. The Office Commercial Products and Cloud Services revenue rose 12%, while the Office Consumer Products and Cloud Services revenue grew 4%. Windows Commercial Products and Cloud Services revenue increased 12%, driven by demand for Windows 365. The company guided Azure's constant currency revenue growth to 30% to 31%, which is higher than estimates of 29%.

Persons: OpenAI, Satya Nadella, there's, we're, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Satya Narayana Nadella, Lucas Jackson Organizations: Microsoft, Revenue, Google, Fortune, Productivity, Products, Cloud Services, Consumer Products, Novo Nordisk, Nvidia, Activision, Windows, Management, CNBC Locations: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Novo, Manhattan, New York City

☆ Earnings playbook: Your guide to trading a huge week of reports, including Meta Platforms
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Tesla is set to report earnings after the bell. What history shows: Bespoke data shows Tesla beats earnings estimates 63% of the time. What history shows: Boeing shares have risen in four of the past five earnings days, Bespoke data shows. Meta Platforms is set to report earnings after the closing bell. What history shows: Microsoft earnings have beaten earnings estimates in six straight quarters, Bespoke data shows.

Persons: Michael Wayland, FactSet, Tesla, TSLA, Emmanuel Rosner, Dave Calhoun, Peter Saleh, Saleh, Chipotle, Morgan Stanley's, Ford, Jim Farley's, Ronald Josey, Jordan Novet Organizations: General Motors, CNBC, Tuesday, GM, Wall, Motors, Investment, Deutsche Bank, EV, Boeing, Ford, Management, Ford Motor, Detroit, Investors, Citi, Meta, Bloomberg News, Apple, Microsoft Locations: California

☆ AI has racist tendencies. Scientists and founders are trying to fix it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Monica Melton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The police had used a facial-recognition AI program that identified her as the suspect based on an old mugshot. AdvertisementThe Detroit Police Department said that it restricts the use of the facial-recognition AI program to violent crimes and that matches it makes are just investigation leads. AdvertisementThe study also found that in a hypothetical murder trial, the AI models were more likely to propose the death penalty for an AAE speaker. A novel proposalOne reason for these failings is that the people and companies building AI aren't representative of the world that AI models are supposed to encapsulate. Bardlavens leads a team that aims to ensure equity is considered and baked into Adobe AI tools.

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☆ Investors are hoping Big Tech earnings next week could revive a flagging bull market
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The Big Tech earnings next week could revive a flagging market, or at least give investors direction into where stocks are going from here. Wall Street is hoping next week's megacap tech results will give investors insight into where the artificial intelligence trade is going from here, as a bounce in tech could lift the indexes. They're also hoping a slew consumer commentary will give investors insight into the state of the economy. However, he said any pullback in the tech names could give investors an opening to start "nibbling away" at additional exposure. Personal Income 10 a.m. Michigan Sentiment NSA final Earnings: T. Rowe Price Group , Colgate-Palmolive , Exxon Mobil , Chevron , AbbVie , Phillips 66

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☆ The man who led Google Photos to 1 billion users is now the newest group partner at Y Combinator
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lieb, having a background in semiconductors and not server management, reached out to his fellow Y Combinator founders for support. After a year and a half of advising at the accelerator, he's stepping up as a group partner, Y Combinator tells Business Insider exclusively. It was never released, but many of the ideas would later come back in the form of Google Photos. From there, he reached into the Y Combinator alumni network to find other promising upstarts. David Lieb, second from left, speaks to a group of Y Combinator founders.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg announces 'big AI news'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The technology powers Meta AI, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use." They've also been integrated into Meta AI, the company's AI assistant. "With this new model, we believe Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday in an Instagram post. Advertisement"I don't think that today many people really think about Meta AI when they think about the main AI assistants that people use," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told The Verge in an article published Thursday. Meta AI, of course, faces stiff competition from better-known AI assistants, including the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, and Anthropic's Claude.

Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, —, They've, OpenAI's, Microsoft's Copilot, Anthropic's Claude Organizations: Service, Meta, Facebook

☆ OpenAI speeds up growth with plans to open NYC office, more hiring and new products
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The generative artificial intelligence company, best-known as the creator of ChatGPT, is looking to open next year an office in New York City, according to two people familiar with the plans. Early last year, OpenAI had only about 400 employees all working out of one San Francisco office. It's now looking for a second office in San Francisco, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle. OpenAI has taken a selective approach to hiring, the person added, relative to how much interest the company receives for its job postings. The other is a search product likely to incorporate Microsoft's Bing search engine, according to a report from The Information.

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